by Josephine Dyck | Jun 1, 2023 | 2023, 06 June Readers' Issue, Articles & Stories, Birds, Flycatchers, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, The Birders' Trail, Woodpeckers
View the June 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Ladder-backed Woodpecker. Photo © Josephine Dyck. Melodious notes herald the coming of spring at my home in western Texas. Doves, grackles, meadowlarks, Curve-billed Thrashers, mockingbirds, and nighthawks all come back to...
by Isaiah Schlabach | Sep 1, 2022 | 2022, 09 September, Articles & Stories, Birds, Flycatchers, Warblers
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Photo © Dreamstime.com. I shivered as the damp wind whistled through my shirt, and I stared unbelievingly through my binoculars at the bird resting on the branch in front of me. It can’t be, I thought, but it was. A Scissor-tailed...
